As medicine and healthcare evolve through the ages, expertise and technology are constantly improving - and this creates some amazing contributions to this field.

Dr Riaz Motara is our special guest this week on Health Matters, and he's here to tell us more about BrandMed, which provides digital products and solutions to doctors and their practices. Dr Motara is a Physician and Cardiologist, and the founding member of the first Cardiovascular Risk Institute in Africa. He also pioneered The Women’s Heart Clinic, and launched VeinSculpt - the first comprehensive varicose vein clinic in South Africa.

As medicine and healthcare evolve through the ages, expertise and technology are constantly improving - and this creates some amazing contributions to this field.

Dr Riaz Motara joins us in the next episode of Health Matters to talk about BrandMed. OUT SOON.

With the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa there’s been a lot of uncertainty about the possible implications for people living with HIV.

In this episode of Health Matters we're joined by Professor Francois Venter from the University of the Witwatersrand to discuss HIV, Covid-19 and vaccination.

With the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa, there’s been a lot of uncertainty about the possible implications for people living with HIV.

In the next episode of Health Matters, OUT ON WEDNESDAY, Professor Francois Venter discusses this topic in more depth.

We all know that familiar feeling when your head hurts, and it can be extremely disruptive to our lives. This week we delve into the complex world of headaches - because there isn’t simply one type of headache, and there are often different ways to treat them too. Rheumatology fellow at Groote Schuur Hospital, Dr Ramona Govender, joins us again on Health Matters to discuss more.

We all know that familiar feeling when your head hurts, and it can be extremely disruptive to our lives. In the next episode of Health Matters we delve into the complex world of headaches with Dr Ramona Govender. Join us for this episode OUT ON MONDAY 6 September.

It’s the most controversial discussion topic in the world. People every where are asking, “Have you done it yet?” and “Which one did you get?”.

Your friends, family and colleagues are proudly declaring that they’ve done it, and berating those who don’t want to do it!

Of course we're talking about the Covid-19 vaccine and in this episode of Health Matters, Ryan O' Connor gets some facts from someone who really knows what he’s talking about. 

Dr Jeremy Nel is Head of the Infectious Diseases division at Helen Joseph hospital and Wits University and we discuss the Covid-19 vaccine.

Your friends, family and colleagues are proudly declaring that they’ve done it, and berating those who don’t want to do it! It’s the divisive topic of Covid-19 vaccines and in the next episode of Health Matters Dr Jeremy Nel, Head of the Infectious Diseases division at Helen Joseph hospital and Wits University, gives us the facts.

It’s in the news, it’s all over our social media, and nowadays when people ask “how are you?” - it’s not just a formality anymore!

Our mental health is being tested in these strange and difficult times and the fact is life is pretty challenging for many of us at the moment.

In the next episode of Health Matters we're joined by Jeanie Cavé, a clinical psychologist who works with individuals, couples, families, groups, children and adolescents - and she will guide us through managing our mental health during volatile and uncertain times.

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It’s in the news, it’s all over our social media, and nowadays when people ask “how are you?” - it’s not just a formality anymore!

Our mental health is being tested in these strange and difficult times and the fact is life is pretty challenging for many of us at the moment.

In this episode of Health Matters we're joined by Jeanie Cavé, a clinical psychologist who works with individuals, couples, families, groups, children and adolescents - and she will guide us through managing our mental health during volatile and uncertain times.